Baby A
Baby B (I labeled b/c it's not as clear)
Profile of Baby A
Profile of Baby B
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
It's a......
BOY and BOY!!! So much for thinking pink, huh!!
Baby A
Baby B (I labeled b/c it's not as clear)
Profile of Baby A
Profile of Baby B
Baby A
Baby B (I labeled b/c it's not as clear)
Profile of Baby A
Profile of Baby B
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Trick or Treating, Zoo, and more
We went to the zoo last weekend. Matt ended his 30-hour shift on Sunday, so Kaden and I picked him up from the hospital and headed to the zoo together. The weather was great and it was so nice to do something like that as a family! The weather was cool enough that almost all the animals were out doing things, so that was also a nice change!
Touching elephant poop
Kaden LOVES LOVES the goats! He loves brushing them, talking to them, crawling around like them, sitting next to them, etc. They just might be his favorite animal!
(notice the growing belly here)
Matt & Kaden in the back of the train. Kaden even got to say "All Aboard!" into the intercom...it was really cute!
Map reader
Go away, paparazzi!!
2 weekends ago Kaden and I went to hang out at Uncle Bri & Aunt Amber's house while Matt was at work. The weather was so perfectly wonderful. I had dressed Kaden in a long-sleeved shirt and it got too hot. Luckily they had an extra (bit large) tie-dyed shirt he wore. They filled a pumpkin with leaves and made marshmallows. Kaden was determined to do it himself, so Uncle Bri gave him all control and just let him fully burn the first two!
Ice cream lover! Kaden eats a bit slow, so when his ice cream was totally melted, I gave him a straw. He thought it was quite fun.
I can't remember if I've posted this one -- this is how I found Kaden one day when I went downstairs after making lunch for the kids!
Fun game
Because St. Louis apparently gets 97.2 inches of rain in the month of October, we quickly ran out of things to do inside. The kids and I both rely on that outside time, so it was a l.o.n.g month! We started making a tent in the living room for fun.
The Magic House -- the children's museum in town -- had a Halloween night a couple weekends ago. Kaden got to wear his costume and play. It was lots of fun, but his costume got a bit warm (I had assumed it would) so he played in the tiger pants and white onsie most of the time!
Excited to have just gotten candy from Emily Elizabeth (from Clifford)
18 week belly. I've been feeling pretty good. Luckily the morning (well, in my case night) sickness has gone away. I started getting some Braxton Hicks contrations toward the end of last week and through this weekend, so I've tried sitting/laying down and resting when that happens. Daycare gets a bit harder everyday. My doctor is letting me work until 26/28 weeks, and I thought he was crazy when he told me I'd have to stop so early. Now I understand why! Our appointment is this Tuesday and we're excited to see the babies and to see how they've grown. In the 2nd picture you can see how my belly is a bit tilted, the babies must be hanging out on the same side!
This last weekend we spent Saturday afternoon raking leaves. And more leaves. And a few more leaves. We filled 15 large paper leaf bags from just our front yard! I'm pretty sure our house gets hit harder than any other house on the block! We tried many methods -- raking and picking up, using the mower/bagger, using the leaf sucker/mulcher, etc. Kaden had fun outside helping us!
Trick or Treating -- Kaden had tons of fun. Luckily Halloween night was on the night finishing Matt's 30-hr shift, so he was around to go with us. We went through our neighborhood and then went to Bri & Amber's house for dinner and to hang out. We initially thought we'd trick-or-treat in their neighborhood, but it was late and I think Kaden was having too much fun playing and didn't want to leave! He isn't too sure about scary things (Uncle Bri & Aunt Amber had Halloweeny noises playing on their porch and Kaden couldn't get in the door fast enough to get away!) but liked getting the candy! He would exclaim "Mommy, I got MORE candy". He ate a few pieces as we walked. When we'd leave a house, he get back in his stroller and say "more candy, please". He is learning that please word helps him get his way! Two funny stories from the night:
House 1 : a woman handed Kaden a piece of candy from her candy tray and he said "no, not that one, THAT one" and pointed to a Twizzler! I guess the kid knows what he wants!
House 2: a man gave Kaden a fun-size candy bar in each hand. I said to Kaden "what do you say?" (ie: thank you) and he put both candies in one hand, reached up to the guy, and said "one more, please"!! HAHA!
The odd part--every single person thought Kaden was a girl? We're really not sure why... it must be his eye lashes?!
Here's our adorable (yet manly) tiger:
Touching elephant poop
Kaden LOVES LOVES the goats! He loves brushing them, talking to them, crawling around like them, sitting next to them, etc. They just might be his favorite animal!
(notice the growing belly here)
Matt & Kaden in the back of the train. Kaden even got to say "All Aboard!" into the intercom...it was really cute!
Map reader
Go away, paparazzi!!
2 weekends ago Kaden and I went to hang out at Uncle Bri & Aunt Amber's house while Matt was at work. The weather was so perfectly wonderful. I had dressed Kaden in a long-sleeved shirt and it got too hot. Luckily they had an extra (bit large) tie-dyed shirt he wore. They filled a pumpkin with leaves and made marshmallows. Kaden was determined to do it himself, so Uncle Bri gave him all control and just let him fully burn the first two!
Ice cream lover! Kaden eats a bit slow, so when his ice cream was totally melted, I gave him a straw. He thought it was quite fun.
I can't remember if I've posted this one -- this is how I found Kaden one day when I went downstairs after making lunch for the kids!
Fun game
Because St. Louis apparently gets 97.2 inches of rain in the month of October, we quickly ran out of things to do inside. The kids and I both rely on that outside time, so it was a l.o.n.g month! We started making a tent in the living room for fun.
The Magic House -- the children's museum in town -- had a Halloween night a couple weekends ago. Kaden got to wear his costume and play. It was lots of fun, but his costume got a bit warm (I had assumed it would) so he played in the tiger pants and white onsie most of the time!
Excited to have just gotten candy from Emily Elizabeth (from Clifford)
18 week belly. I've been feeling pretty good. Luckily the morning (well, in my case night) sickness has gone away. I started getting some Braxton Hicks contrations toward the end of last week and through this weekend, so I've tried sitting/laying down and resting when that happens. Daycare gets a bit harder everyday. My doctor is letting me work until 26/28 weeks, and I thought he was crazy when he told me I'd have to stop so early. Now I understand why! Our appointment is this Tuesday and we're excited to see the babies and to see how they've grown. In the 2nd picture you can see how my belly is a bit tilted, the babies must be hanging out on the same side!
This last weekend we spent Saturday afternoon raking leaves. And more leaves. And a few more leaves. We filled 15 large paper leaf bags from just our front yard! I'm pretty sure our house gets hit harder than any other house on the block! We tried many methods -- raking and picking up, using the mower/bagger, using the leaf sucker/mulcher, etc. Kaden had fun outside helping us!
Trick or Treating -- Kaden had tons of fun. Luckily Halloween night was on the night finishing Matt's 30-hr shift, so he was around to go with us. We went through our neighborhood and then went to Bri & Amber's house for dinner and to hang out. We initially thought we'd trick-or-treat in their neighborhood, but it was late and I think Kaden was having too much fun playing and didn't want to leave! He isn't too sure about scary things (Uncle Bri & Aunt Amber had Halloweeny noises playing on their porch and Kaden couldn't get in the door fast enough to get away!) but liked getting the candy! He would exclaim "Mommy, I got MORE candy". He ate a few pieces as we walked. When we'd leave a house, he get back in his stroller and say "more candy, please". He is learning that please word helps him get his way! Two funny stories from the night:
House 1 : a woman handed Kaden a piece of candy from her candy tray and he said "no, not that one, THAT one" and pointed to a Twizzler! I guess the kid knows what he wants!
House 2: a man gave Kaden a fun-size candy bar in each hand. I said to Kaden "what do you say?" (ie: thank you) and he put both candies in one hand, reached up to the guy, and said "one more, please"!! HAHA!
The odd part--every single person thought Kaden was a girl? We're really not sure why... it must be his eye lashes?!
Here's our adorable (yet manly) tiger:
Sunday, October 18, 2009
2 weeks 2 days
That's how long until we find out if I've been growing two boys, two girls, or one of each, assuming they both cooperate!! We have a dr. appt on Nov. 3 and will hopefully know then! :) Here's a recent belly shot -- 16 weeks 2 days :
Silly day - Kaden was apparently super silly the other day, because I got several pictures of him doing different things. We were dog sitting Bri & Amber's dog and Kaden decided HE wanted to play in Breck's bed!
But then decided playing next to Breck was a bit more fun
Tired boy playing with his cars. It's amazing how tired he gets, but still NEVER naps!
Kaden loves wearing his socks up high! After getting dressed that morning, he kept running around the house, holding his pant legs up! Ha!
Kaden climbed in Emma's carseat that day and declared that he's a baby! He told me to hold the handle and carry him.. ugh, he's heavy!
After we got the mail, Kaden grabbed the newspaper insert, some colored pencils, and headed to the couch to color. He's so entertaining!
My little drummer boy
Blankie and TV time
Kaden's rubber boots had been in Matt's car for awhile, and he finally brought them in the other day. Kaden was super excited and wanted to wear them right away the next morning. He put them on, then was jumping around the house saying "wooo....woooo" (there are owls on the boots) He looks so hilarious!
I was picking up the toys and Kaden headed to his room to play. This is how I found him -- he does LOVE his books!
Yummy --- Krispy Kreme pumpkin donut!
Kaden and I went to the Magic House a couple weekends ago (the Magic House is the Children's Museum) and they had a resident pumpkin carver doing demonstrations. He carved Kaden's name into a pumpkin -- it looks so neat!
Back to Kaden loving books.. he also loves Talbot. I was making supper and heard Kaden say "let me read to you, Talbot". I looked around the corner to find this:
(ignore the horrible lighting and what it does to Talbot's eyes... I wasn't going to mess around with turning lights on and miss the moment)
Then Talbot got up and moved, so Kaden followed her:
Kaden loves helping in the kitchen, and was a great helper in crunching up the crackers to make tenderloins the other night. He had just come inside from being out in the cold, so his hair is a mess from the stocking hat and his face is red... ignore all that :). The joys of moving back to midwest!
Kaden with 2 of his daycare friends -- they were doing a color matching craft, then later I put a big sheet of paper on the table and they had so much fun coloring wherever they wanted. In one of the pictures, Matthew couldn't figure out where one of the colors should go, so Kaden -- helpful boy he is -- got out of his chair and went over and helped!
I realized that I hadn't ever shared pictures of Kaden's new big boy room -- here are some (these were before bed the other night, so you see his jammies, etc. out, his blankies draped over the bedrail, and his sheets pulled down.). We still need to hang his pictures, but for the most part, it's done.
His bed headboard/footboard are pieces from his crib, and he has the same dresser. Because his room's not real big, the only real toys he has in there are the books on his bookcase, but since the front room is right across the hall, he often brings toys into there to play. His newest enjoyment is having Matt or I play in his room with him, with the lights off and the door closed! He loves listening to music this way and playing with his glow sticks. He's been in his big boy bed for 1.5 months now and has continued to do awesome. It's so much easier on me than putting him in/out of the crib and he stays in his bed -- a huge surprise to me -- especially since he still doesn't nap, but gets quiet time in his room/on his bed everyday.
Matt's doing his MICU (Medicine ICU) rotation right now, which means he's not doing anything ob/gyn related. He likes it much less than any other rotation and will be happy when the 6 (now 5) weeks are up. He works A LOT (90-100 hrs/week) and Kaden and I miss him a lot. I'm just glad he has this rotation now, which I'm feeling good, able to do stuff, and before the babies arrive!
Silly day - Kaden was apparently super silly the other day, because I got several pictures of him doing different things. We were dog sitting Bri & Amber's dog and Kaden decided HE wanted to play in Breck's bed!
But then decided playing next to Breck was a bit more fun
Tired boy playing with his cars. It's amazing how tired he gets, but still NEVER naps!
Kaden loves wearing his socks up high! After getting dressed that morning, he kept running around the house, holding his pant legs up! Ha!
Kaden climbed in Emma's carseat that day and declared that he's a baby! He told me to hold the handle and carry him.. ugh, he's heavy!
After we got the mail, Kaden grabbed the newspaper insert, some colored pencils, and headed to the couch to color. He's so entertaining!
My little drummer boy
Blankie and TV time
Kaden's rubber boots had been in Matt's car for awhile, and he finally brought them in the other day. Kaden was super excited and wanted to wear them right away the next morning. He put them on, then was jumping around the house saying "wooo....woooo" (there are owls on the boots) He looks so hilarious!
I was picking up the toys and Kaden headed to his room to play. This is how I found him -- he does LOVE his books!
Yummy --- Krispy Kreme pumpkin donut!
Kaden and I went to the Magic House a couple weekends ago (the Magic House is the Children's Museum) and they had a resident pumpkin carver doing demonstrations. He carved Kaden's name into a pumpkin -- it looks so neat!
Back to Kaden loving books.. he also loves Talbot. I was making supper and heard Kaden say "let me read to you, Talbot". I looked around the corner to find this:
(ignore the horrible lighting and what it does to Talbot's eyes... I wasn't going to mess around with turning lights on and miss the moment)
Then Talbot got up and moved, so Kaden followed her:
Kaden loves helping in the kitchen, and was a great helper in crunching up the crackers to make tenderloins the other night. He had just come inside from being out in the cold, so his hair is a mess from the stocking hat and his face is red... ignore all that :). The joys of moving back to midwest!
Kaden with 2 of his daycare friends -- they were doing a color matching craft, then later I put a big sheet of paper on the table and they had so much fun coloring wherever they wanted. In one of the pictures, Matthew couldn't figure out where one of the colors should go, so Kaden -- helpful boy he is -- got out of his chair and went over and helped!
I realized that I hadn't ever shared pictures of Kaden's new big boy room -- here are some (these were before bed the other night, so you see his jammies, etc. out, his blankies draped over the bedrail, and his sheets pulled down.). We still need to hang his pictures, but for the most part, it's done.
His bed headboard/footboard are pieces from his crib, and he has the same dresser. Because his room's not real big, the only real toys he has in there are the books on his bookcase, but since the front room is right across the hall, he often brings toys into there to play. His newest enjoyment is having Matt or I play in his room with him, with the lights off and the door closed! He loves listening to music this way and playing with his glow sticks. He's been in his big boy bed for 1.5 months now and has continued to do awesome. It's so much easier on me than putting him in/out of the crib and he stays in his bed -- a huge surprise to me -- especially since he still doesn't nap, but gets quiet time in his room/on his bed everyday.
Matt's doing his MICU (Medicine ICU) rotation right now, which means he's not doing anything ob/gyn related. He likes it much less than any other rotation and will be happy when the 6 (now 5) weeks are up. He works A LOT (90-100 hrs/week) and Kaden and I miss him a lot. I'm just glad he has this rotation now, which I'm feeling good, able to do stuff, and before the babies arrive!
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